We all know that Eminem started his career with Infinite, but when did he start with his 'Slim Shady' career? If someone says 'the Slim Shady LP' then that means that they were wrong, Eminem's Slim Shady character was introduced back in 1997, in an 8 track EP called 'The Slim Shady EP'.
'The Slim Shady EP' was the first appearance of Eminem's Slim Shady character, the EP explains the origin, and style of Slim Shady and it also tells the world that there will be no limits on the intensity of his lyrics.
There was allot of potential on the Slim Shady EP, because it's Eminem's EP, it goes into a much darker direction, and it's something that nobody has ever tried, but did it live up to its potential? I'm gonna say yes.
The Slim Shady EP was generally very different from many hip-hop EPs or albums, it described Slim Shady with heavy details, and finds the most entertaining way to do it, it opens with a one minute skit that describes how Slim Shady was created, the skit was good, but I think that it could have had more detail and creativity, the second track 'Low, Down, Dirty' let's people in the messed up lyrical style of Slim Shady, it also was one of the best songs on the album, 'Just Don't Give a F_ck' was a classic, it tells everyone that he will keep rapping with his intense and violent lyrics, whether they like it or not 'No One is Iller' featured D12, It was another great track about the album, and it explains that there is nobody with Iller lyrics than Slim Shady.
The worst tracks on the album are probably 'If I Had' which was very repetitive and boring, 'Murder, Murder' was okay, it was dark and intense, but at the same time it was slow, another error of this EP is the length, it's only 8 tracks, which make the errors seem bigger than they really are.
The Slim Shady EP is an excellent introduction to Slim Shady, Eminem developed and improved his skills lyrically and creatively in this EP, despite a few minor errors, the music in the Slim Shady EP makes Eminem sound like he was rapping for a long time, it also got Eminem to a level where he can be compared to rappers like Tupac or Dr. Dre.
Album Rating:-
-Lyrics(out of 8)= 7
-Content(out of 8)= 6
-Flow(out of 8)= 7
-Rhythm (out of 8)= 7
-Beats(out of 8)= 6
Total Rating(out of 40)= 33
4 Stars
*Rating System:
0- 7= 0 Stars
8- 14= 1 Star
15- 21= 2 Stars
22- 30= 3 Stars
31- 35= 4 Stars
36- 40= 5 Stars
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